Today’s Reflection
I don’t know why breaking is the admission price that we pay for access to life, but I take comfort in the fact that I follow a God who is intimately in touch with the process. A God who knows that brokenness doesn’t always leave visible bruises, even as our bodies crumble under devastating, unseen wounds. A God who knows that families formed by choice are important and valid, even though these families acknowledge loss. Just as we follow a God who understands our physical sufferings, so too do we have an example of how God values families born of choice, grief, and loss.

—Hannah E. Shanks, This is My Body (Fresh Air Books, 2018)